In 1984 the legal drinking age in the United States was raised to 21. The United States should lower the drinking age to 18 because the law may not be protecting teens and others.
Although the drinking age was raised to protect teens, “it may have made drinking even more appealing to teens, whose brains naturally seek out risk more than adult brains do without considering what the consequences might be”. Some people argue that teens brain aren't developed enough to handle drinking, but according to the article “the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that involves judgment, impulse control and abstract thought and the ability to anticipate the consequences of your actions, isn't fully shaped until your late 20s”. It does not matter …show more content…
Abigail A. Baird, associate professor of psychology at Vassar College says if a teen is watching someone drink responsibly they will drink the same. She says “If drinking were less of a clandestine affair, perhaps a teen's peers could model more appropriate behavior for younger participants. She says it's important to learn how to behave around alcohol”. Why do it matter if it is 21 or 18 because the brain is developed until you are 30. It should not matter if it is 21 or 18. Did you ever wonder why the legal drinking age is 21? Did you know that the United State’s minimum drinking age of 21 years old is the highest in the world (except for a few states in India)? If you have ever talked to anyone who was born in the 1970s or earlier, they might have told you that they could …show more content…
The minimum drinking age is a state law, and most states still permit "underage" consumption of alcohol in some circumstances. In some states, no restriction on private consumption is made, while in others, consumption is only allowed in specific locations, in the presence of consenting and supervising family members as in the states of Colorado, Maryland, Montana,New York, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. They have make the drinking age 18 so the teens and young adults drink responsibly. If they drink when they are not supposed to they will keep doing it if they don't get caught. In 2014, 13 people out of every 100,000 took their own lives, compared with 10.5 per 100,000 in 1999. The suicide rate increased every year from 1999 to 2014 among both women and men and in every age group except those 75 and
Although the drinking age was raised to protect teens, “it may have made drinking even more appealing to teens, whose brains naturally seek out risk more than adult brains do without considering what the consequences might be”. Some people argue that teens brain aren't developed enough to handle drinking, but according to the article “the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that involves judgment, impulse control and abstract thought and the ability to anticipate the consequences of your actions, isn't fully shaped until your late 20s”. It does not matter …show more content…
Abigail A. Baird, associate professor of psychology at Vassar College says if a teen is watching someone drink responsibly they will drink the same. She says “If drinking were less of a clandestine affair, perhaps a teen's peers could model more appropriate behavior for younger participants. She says it's important to learn how to behave around alcohol”. Why do it matter if it is 21 or 18 because the brain is developed until you are 30. It should not matter if it is 21 or 18. Did you ever wonder why the legal drinking age is 21? Did you know that the United State’s minimum drinking age of 21 years old is the highest in the world (except for a few states in India)? If you have ever talked to anyone who was born in the 1970s or earlier, they might have told you that they could …show more content…
The minimum drinking age is a state law, and most states still permit "underage" consumption of alcohol in some circumstances. In some states, no restriction on private consumption is made, while in others, consumption is only allowed in specific locations, in the presence of consenting and supervising family members as in the states of Colorado, Maryland, Montana,New York, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. They have make the drinking age 18 so the teens and young adults drink responsibly. If they drink when they are not supposed to they will keep doing it if they don't get caught. In 2014, 13 people out of every 100,000 took their own lives, compared with 10.5 per 100,000 in 1999. The suicide rate increased every year from 1999 to 2014 among both women and men and in every age group except those 75 and